Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Au café (In the Café) c.1877 Oil on canvas, 35.7 x 27.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Everyday life Together with Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir is one of the central figures of impressionism. But while Monet prefers to paint…
Legros, Alphonse (1837-1911) Erasme (Erasmus) c.1899 One-sided bronze medallion, diameter 13.3 cm Musée d’Orsay, Paris Inscription: Monogram: AL legend in Greek and Latin: [ten kreitto ta sougrammata deieei: imago ad v […] effigie] in the field: ER / ROT / EXPRESSA…
Hals, Frans (c.1582-1666) Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch 1643 Oil on canvas, 82.6 x 66.7 cm Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia For a long time the identity of this bearded man was unknown. Recent scholarship reveals that it is very likely…
Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910) The Terrace, Berne 1875 Watercolor and brush on paper, 35.5 x 44.3 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Inscription: ‘Berne, from terrace of hotel where we first stayed on our wedding journey’ See also: • Bern (Switzerland)
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) Au Louvre: Musée des Antiques (At the Louvre: Antiquities Museum) 1879–1880 Etching and drypoint on paper, 27 x 23.6 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Mary Cassatt is leaning elegantly on an umbrella looking at an Etruscan burial image in a…
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Portrait de Pierre Renoir (Portrait of Pierre Renoir) 1893 Lithograph on paper, 29 x 23.6 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam See also: • Renoir, Pierre (1885-1952)
Tissot, James (1836-1902) Jeune femme descendant les marches de la National Gallery à Londres (Young woman descending the steps of the National Gallery in London) 1878 Etching, 37.8 x 21 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Compare: Tissot, James (1836-1902) London Visitors c.1874 Toledo Museum of…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Portrait de l’artiste Berthe Morisot (Portrait of the Artist Berthe Morisot) 1872 Print, 19 x 13.5 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Compare: Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot au bouquet de violettes 1872 Musée d’Orsay, Paris Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Berthe Morisot 1872 Victoria…
Van Gogh, Vincent (1853-1890) Self-portrait (F0295-JH1211) 1887 Oil on cardboard, 42 x 34 cm Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam After hearing from his brother Theo about the new colourful French painting, Vincent went to live in Paris in 1886. He soon tried the French…
Gentileschi, Orazio (1563-1639) Cristo che porta la croce (Christ Carrying the Cross) c.1605–1607 Oil on canvas, 138.5 × 173 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna When Jesus carried his cross to Golgotha, “women ran behind, weeping and lamenting. And Jesus turned to them…